24 Words of Wisdom for Working Parents
18) Mind reading is a risky shortcut.
Whether it’s our partners, a long time team member, or a teenager we can fall into the trap of assuming they can read our minds and we can read theirs. We think this can save us time and perhaps...
17) The Courage to Have a Difficult Conversation.
Research shows that those people who find the courage to have difficult conversations have more positive relationships and are healthier when measured by the strength of their immune systems. You...
16) Ditch the quest for work life balance.
With work life balance we assume that, like a playground seesaw, when one is high the other is low. If you are smashing it at work, there is a price to pay at home. If you are making fairy cakes...
Thoughts in a 2-Minute Read
New Term, New Beginnings
If you prefer to listen to this blog, click below for the audio. Or, just read on...Welcome to September! it certainly feels like autumn has arrived early as I am writing this and secretly still...
What’s happened to parenting?
If you prefer to listen to this blog, click below for the audio. Or, just read on...Our journey at the Working Parent Company When we first started the Working Parent Company in 1998 it was because...
International Women’s Day
If you prefer to listen to this blog, click below for the audio. Or, just read on...International Women’s Day has been and gone, did you celebrate this year? If social media is anything to go by it...
Reading
Not Doing: The Art of Effortless Action by Diana Renner and Steven D’Souza
Many of the working parents we are coaching are experiencing pent up fatigue after the months of living with work and children. Our question to them is can you come into a new and more meaningful...
Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse
Sharon heard about his book from Robin Shoet, the wonderful coach. He described it as a quirky read and he isn’t wrong. Sharon loved every page, the author describes finite and infinite game, finite...
Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Today we are recommending Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones. If you have seen her TedTalk and read her first bestseller, you’ll know that Luvvie Ajayi Jones is a superb speaker and...
Watching
Brené Brown
What's not to love. Brown at her best, vulnerable, funny, straight-talking and oozing in evidence for all her theories. Just watch! Available at Netflix
Why gender equality is good for everyone
TED Talk - Why gender equality is good for everyone - Men Included | Michael Kimmel (16 minutes) Funny but not trivial or superficial. From around the 8 minute mark it picks up on why gender...
Live My Digital Video Series
A series of fact sheets and videos to help navigate the good, the bad and the ugly of the digital world with our kids. The series consists of six short films for parents and six matching films for...
Listening
Radio Headspace
Andy Puddicombe and the people from Headspace have created Radio Headspace. With short (around 5 mins) and sweet clips on all sorts of topics. It’s a wonderful, mindful and short way to start the...
Brené Brown: Unlocking Us
Brené Brown has an approachability and wisdom that draws you in and makes the listener feels seen and heard and valued. Her humour helps as does her huge intellect and he attention to language and...
Breaking the Burnout cycle
"Burnout undermines success, it doesn't make it more likely. You can't be productive if you are running on empty" says Arianna Huffington on the Breaking the Burnout Cycle podcast produced by the...